I did end up missing my morning classes, if only in the admittedly delusional hopes that maybe if I lay in bed for longer, I'd stop feeling sick. Sadly (but not unsurprisingly) that was not the case.
I am now taking fiber supplements every day, and that is definitely helping. I still feel somewhat bloated, but not in pain anywhere near as much. I'm still working on trying to figure out food triggers; at this point, I'm pretty sure spinach and yogurt (don't ask) aren't triggers. I also think garlic might not be, but no way to confirm that. I need to experiment more, espeically with dairy and vegetables/fruits, and I've been informed that I also need to consider food COMBINATIONS, which will just make everything even more confusing. And I also need to take into calculation that the foods I ate the day before or earlier could be what are making me react, not the foods I eat just before I get an attack.
Bleh.
I'm going to try and find an gastro-intestinalogist in the area this week, which is a fancy way of saying a doctor who deals with intestinal issues. I do have one, but he's always busy and about 3,000 miles away.
On another note, I'm going to try and start an Aspie/HFA group at my college. I need to do a lot of running around and calling people before I can accomplish this, but I want to at least get it in the works for next year, if nothing else. I know there are Aspies here- I've run into one or two in classes. The catch is I don't know if they know they're Aspies, and discretion the better part of valour and all that. Anyway, I'm hoping to find more people 'like me' - one thing that I'm not happy about is that as I get better at noticing the people around me, I get better at noticing how people have no idea what to make of me or decide I'm an idiot or weirdo and should be avoided. Noticing the last one does not help my self-esteem.